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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 16, 2014
Open Invention Network, Llc, Durham, NC (US);
Jonathan P. McIntosh, Omaha, NE (US);
Terrance Currey, Omaha, NE (US);
Open Invention Network, LLC, Durham, NC (US);
Abstract
A system, apparatus, and method for verifying that a consumer seeking to conduct a transaction with a merchant is authorized to use an associated account. An exemplary embodiment of the apparatus may include a voice response unit, a storage medium, and a voice print comparator The voice response unit may be configured to obtain a test voice print during a transaction between the consumer and the merchant. The storage medium may be configured to store information associated with the consumer, and a control voice print associated with the information. Also, the voice print comparator may be configured to receive the control voice print, compare the test voice print to the control voice print, and to return a match level signal indicating a degree of match therebetween.